Apatani woman weaving

This photograph shows the traditional and still practised method of weaving among Apatanis : this backstrap style limits the width of any single woven piece, so that wide garments, such as shawls and skirts, required two or three pieces sewn together : traditionally, Apatanis obtained raw cotton by...

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Full title: Apatani woman weaving [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: This photograph shows the traditional and still practised method of weaving among Apatanis : this backstrap style limits the width of any single woven piece, so that wide garments, such as shawls and skirts, required two or three pieces sewn together : traditionally, Apatanis obtained raw cotton by trading rice with the Nyishis, who grew cotton on dry fields outside the Apatani valley : Cotton was spun into yarn, rolled smooth by wooden rods, boiled and dried : Wool arrived in the valley in the form of traded Tibetan blankets and clothes, which Apatanis unravelled and then wove into shawls : Both wool and cotton fibres were dyed blue, orange, black and red, using tree bark and cane, and submersion in a paddy field.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1944, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
Place of Publication: India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Apatani River valley.